Generation I

Generation I
Generation I or the Color Generation was the start of the whole pokemon series.

Generation I started in North America on September 1,1998 and ended on October 14, 2000.It was the start of Pokemon and where everything originates.It was very "advanced" at the time,but there were still drawbacks.Many glitches were found in the games which made it easy to proggress in the story.Many glitch pokemon were introduced.This group also include the infamous MissingNo.

Gameplay
In the 3 main games of Generation I,there were many gameplay features.
 * The player has a party and the party consists of 6 pokemon.
 * The PC is a storage system were you can place pokemon that aren't in the party.
 * There are 151 pokemon all with different ways of evolution,moves,stats,and types.
 * There is a complex battle system.
 * There were 5 stats that would determine how strong a pokemon would be in that particular stat.There was HP,Defense,Attack,Special,and Speed.
 * There were 15 types with advantages and disadvantages.They were:Normal,Fighting,Grass,Fire,Water,Ghost,Psychic,Ice,Poison,Bug,Electric,Ground,Rock,Flying,and Dragon.
 * There are 165 different moves with their own type,effect,accuracy,and base power.
 * There is the Pokemon League.It consists of 8 gym leaders with a specific type,the Elite 4,and the champion.
 * There is a trading system where players can trade their pokemon and they can battle with each other.

Games
There are 2 games in the Generation I which take place in Kanto,they are Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue.A third game was released to buy time for the making of Generation II.This game is Pokemon Yellow and highly based off of the anime.Links:

Region
Kanto is the region that Generation I takes place in.It is connected to Johto and has many technology.

Gyms
The 8 gyms of Kanto where the player competes against are:Brock(Rock),Misty(Water),Lt.Surge(Electric),Erika(Grass),Koga(Poison),Sabrina(Psychic),Blaine(Fire),and Giovanni(Ground).